Improvement in rubber boots



WITNESSES J'. A. BATES.

RUBBER BOOTS.

Pit-ent-ed June 20,1876.

MPETERS, PNOTO-LITMOGRAPIIER, WASHINGTON, D .0,

- ATTDBIIEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. BATES, or SOUTH ABINGDON, MnssAoHUsETrs.

IMPROVEMENT IN RUBBER BOOTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o.

' March 13, 1876."

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, JAMES A. BATES, of South Abingdon, Plymouth county,Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Rubber Boot, of whichthe following is a specification The drawing represents a side view ofmy improved rubber boot, partly in section.

The object of my invention is to so improve rubber boots that the Wearin g out of the stockings by the cloth, felt, or other lining, isprevented, and the boot made stiffer and stronger at the part Where itis liable to burst.

The invention consists of a rubber boot provided with a leather counter,applied over the lining of the same.

In the drawing, A represents a rubber boot,

' and B a counter, of sheepskin or other leather, that is skived at theedges and cemented to the heel of the boot at the inside of the same, tocover the lining.

178,896, dated June 20, 1876; application filed The felt or flannellining of the boot or the rubber, when no lining is used, produces thecutting of the heel part of the stocking in very short time, forming,thereby, an annoying feature in rubber boots. This destructive influenceis fully prevented by the counter, so that the stockings may be worn aslong as with leather boots. The counter strengthens, at the same time,the hind quarter of the boot, and forms, thereby, a stronger and'stift'er boot.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby. Letters Patent A rubber boot provided with a leather counter at theinside of the hind quarter, substantially as specified.

JAMES A. BATES. Witnesses:

G. E. HERsEY,

ALBERT DAVIS.

